Salman Ali

Indian playback singer

Sufi
rock
pop

Occupation(s)Playback singerInstrument(s)Vocals•keyboardYears active2011–present

Musical artist

Salman Ali (Hindi: सलमान अली, Urdu: سلمان علی) is an Indian singer who won the 10th season of Indian Idol.^[1] He was the first runner-up in the 2011 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.^[2]^[3]^[4] In 2019, he made his debut as a playback singer with the song Jai He from the film Satellite Shankar. In 2019, he also sang the song Awara for the film Dabangg 3.^[5] Salman sang the theme song for the Indian television series Chandragupta Maurya, which airs on Sony TV.

Background

Salman Ali was born in Punhana, Haryana, which is located in the Nuh district. He is an ethnic Meo. Salman's family has made a living off of singing for the past four generations.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Note
2011	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011	Contestant	Zee TV	Runner-up
2018	Indian Idol - Season 10	Contestant	Sony TV	Winner
2019	Superstar Singer - Season 1	Captain	Sony TV
2021	Indian Pro Music League	Team member (UP Dabbang	Zee Tv	Eliminate
2022	Superstar Singer - Season 2	Captain	Sony TV
2024	Superstar Singer - Season 3	Captain	Sony TV

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Lyricist	Notes
2018	Sui Dhaaga	Sab Badhiya Hai	Anu Malik	Varun Grover, Piyush Mittal	Background singer
2019	Satellite Shankar	Jai He	Sandeep Shirodkar	Manoj Muntashir
	Dabangg 3	Awara	Sajid–Wajid	Sajid, Sameer Anjaan
	Dabangg 3	Habibi Ke Nain	Sajid–Wajid	Irfan Kamal	Background singer
	Happy Hardy and Heer	Teri Meri Kahani Remix	Himesh Reshammiya, DJ Akbar Sami	Shabbir Ahmed	Alaaps
2020	Sayonee	Naina Lahoo	Joy-Anjan	Yash Eshwari
2021	Moods with Melodies	Pyarr Tumse	Himesh Reshammiya	Himesh Reshammiya
	Moods with Melodies	Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom
	Himesh Ke Dil Se	Aashiquii Ka Gum
	Singles	Mohabbat Ke Kabil	Shiva Chopra	Ravi Chopra
2022	Himesh Ke Dil Se	Bas Tum Mere Paas Raho	Himesh Reshammiya	Sonia Kapoor
2023		Tera Aana		Himesh Reshammiya
		Teraa Meraa Rishta
		Saanson Meinn
		Poocho Mere Dil Se
2024		Lamha Mera

References

^ "Meet Salman Ali, The Winner Of Indian Idol 10; Ankush Bhardwaj And Neelanjana Ray Are Runners-Up". NDTV.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Salman Ali wins Indian Idol Season 10". The Indian Express. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^ "Indian Idol 10 winner: Haryana's Salman Ali bags the trophy – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^ "Meet Salman Ali, The Winner Of Indian Idol 10; Ankush Bhardwaj And Neelanjana Ray Are Runners-Up". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^ Baddhan, Raj (12 November 2019). "Salman Ali makes Bollywood debut with 'Dabangg 3' song Awara". BizAsia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Who is Salman Ali? Here's everything you need to know about the Indian Idol 10 winner | Entertainment News". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^ "Indian Idol 10 winner Salman Ali says he will fix his house's broken roof with Rs 25 lakh prize money". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "Indian Idol 10 winner: Salman Ali family, unseen photos, shows before Indian Idol – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

Indian Idol

Seasons

Winners

1st runners-up

Amit Sana
N. C. Karunya
Amit Paul
Kapil Thapa
Bhoomi Trivedi & Rakesh Maini
Amit Kumar & Devender Pal Singh
Khuda Baksh
Rohit Raut

Judges

Anu Malik (Season 1–6; 9-12)^[a]
Farah Khan (Season 1, 2, 9)
Sonu Nigam (Season 1, 2, 9)
Javed Akhtar (Season 3, 4)
Alisha Chinai (Season 3)
Udit Narayan (Season 3)
Sonali Bendre (Season 4)
Kailash Kher (Season 4)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Season 5, 6)
Salim Merchant (Season 5, 6)
Asha Bhonsle (Season 6)
Javed Ali (Season 10)
Neha Kakkar (Season 10–12)^[b]
Vishal Dadlani (Season 10–12)^[c]
Himesh Reshammiya (Season 11–12)
Sonu Kakkar (Season 12)

^ Malik was replaced by Javed Ali in Season 10 and by Himesh Reshammiya in Season 11
^ Neha was replaced by Sonu Kakkar in Season 12
^ Dadlani was replaced by Anu Malik in Season 12